tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post116274274739717450..comments2024-02-07T03:12:59.031-05:00Comments on Blogenspiel: NaBloPoMo 5Another Damned Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1163804237471275622006-11-17T17:57:00.000-05:002006-11-17T17:57:00.000-05:00(Re. using "their" in the singular: Chaucer did it...(Re. using "their" in the singular: Chaucer did it, and so did Shakespeare, so it's got a pedigree!)Miriam Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861386794180396831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1163610628026700512006-11-15T12:10:00.000-05:002006-11-15T12:10:00.000-05:00Oh, you're so right that students really haven't b...Oh, you're so right that students really haven't been taught to think about books (or articles) as physical AND rhetorical structures. This sounds like a great exercise.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1162857953651959992006-11-06T19:05:00.000-05:002006-11-06T19:05:00.000-05:00Seriously. And really, I think that we should mak...Seriously. And really, I think that we should make sure to not abbreviate without an explanation. And I've used the <I>PLRE</I> any number of times, but wouldn't have recognized that unless there was a reference to "Jones, Mattingly" (It is Mattingly, isn't it?)<BR/><BR/>I keep forgetting to add you to my blogroll!Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1162852138386661902006-11-06T17:28:00.000-05:002006-11-06T17:28:00.000-05:00This makes me think of how we box ourselves so tig...This makes me think of how we box ourselves so tightly into our little categories of study.<BR/>The first time I ran across "<I>PLRE</I>" in a citation, it drove me crazy . . . It kept coming up again and again, but there was never enough context to decipher it. I finally managed somehow, and I remember being particularly surprised because my advisor didn't know it, either. In retrospect, though, she studies Hellenistic monarchs--why would she ever have needed the <I>Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire</I>? If it's so hard to read across one little subfield, no wonder neophytes have such a difficult time.Isodicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462917257944538346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1162781022644839132006-11-05T21:43:00.000-05:002006-11-05T21:43:00.000-05:00This was a good reminder that people really don't ...This was a good reminder that people really don't know what it is that we do -- nor do they understand what kinds of skills we have to acquire to do what we do. It helps to explain a lot about why academics -- and especially historians (because 'anybody can do history') are undervalued in our society.Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1162774484933242162006-11-05T19:54:00.000-05:002006-11-05T19:54:00.000-05:00nope -- I've got one on teaching that I'll post la...nope -- I've got one on teaching that I'll post later, but I have a ton to do and wanted to get something up -- and it needed to be done early!Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1162760314105111272006-11-05T15:58:00.000-05:002006-11-05T15:58:00.000-05:00Umm... Does that really count as today's blog entr...Umm... Does that really count as today's blog entry???BrightStar (B*)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11167685794935402108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671815.post-1162743940641616262006-11-05T11:25:00.000-05:002006-11-05T11:25:00.000-05:00...the fifth of November!...the fifth of November!Pilgrim/Heretichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588407758172717893noreply@blogger.com